Friday, July 23, 2010

if CrAzY please apply

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Lets lay it all out on the table... don't hold back, we all know that to be a writer you have to be a huge dose of CrAzY, the past couple of weeks I've seen some people asking themselves is they are a writer and I'm here to show you that you are!!!

You know you're a writer if...

--You talk to yourself throughout the day, the voices inside your head aren't because your crazy

--At any point throughout the day you feel like a (insert crazy term here)

--At parties, you check out the bookshelves the way other people snoop through medicine cabinets

--Instead of shopping for handbags you're at your local bookstore scoping out the latest arrivals

--When your favorite outfit is a pair of sweats

--Looking out the window is part of the job.

--You check your email twelve times an hour when you’re supposed to be working on your computer. No, actually it could be more than that.

--You’ve done everything you possibly can in life to avoid writing but still find yourself needing to

--Your friend tells you a heartbreaking story and your first reaction is – wow, that would make an incredible plot for a novel. You know you’re a smart writer if you manage to keep that reaction to yourself.

--You are wakened at 1:48 am, a character whispering (shouting perhaps?) in your ear, urging you, no, commanding you, to fire up your laptop, cup of tea in hand, and write the next chapter, in which she insists on taking you places you never intended to go!

--Everyone has told you that you’ll never get published and you keep writing.

my friends say im crazy cause lots of times i just have to write stuff when they want me to go to a movie or at the arcade with them. its like you got a really big itch and you just gotta scratch it. but for sure i dont ever let it make me miss my baseball games. ...smiles from lenny

These are so true! Being a writer is like having a social disease, or an addiction. And we don't care! That's right, we writers like it when the voices come to visit, haha. The worst is when you're in the middle of thinking through a scene or dialogue and someone comes up to bug you. We need a sign to hang around our neck that says, "Writing. Come back later."

These are terrific, Jen! I especially love the third one. Whenever I go to someone's house, I immediately head towards the bookshelves (If there are any; if not, I feel very sad for them!). I can't seem to help it. It's like a magnetic pull. I have no control over the awesome power!

Jen, I can't even pick a favorite because they are ALL hilariously good! I can't stop laughing. I am guilty of checking out people's bookshelves! And my favorite outfit is pajamas! I actually got up at 3am with the idea for Wednesday Wishes - thank you body pillow!

I qualify, woohoo for crazy! Shoes, clothes, bags...nah, GIMME SOME BOOKS! And I DO look on people's shelves. I ask strangers what they're reading, and I'm shy! Sweats, sweat shorts, t-shirts, bare feet-these are required dress code items, right? Generally, I think in two veins-anything people TELL me is good for a book. Anything people SHOW me is good for a scrapbook....do I need huggie jackets in my wardrobe?

perfect! great list jen! my best girlfriend was telling me about the latest creepy crap the ghost in her house has been up to, and i looked at her and said "you KNOW that's going in my book, don't you?" to which she laughed and said "I sort of guessed so." :)

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"...and your first reaction is – wow, that would make an incredible plot for a novel."

I'm so guilty of this. Not so much things that people have confided in me with, but things I overhear or things I read on Facebook, in the blog world, etc. I always want to make a story out of everything!